Never eat yellow snow (unless it tastes good)

No matter how many times your mom tells you not to, everyone who has grown up in Colorado has eaten snow.

With the season's first snow upon us, I began thinking about how I used to dream that one day it'd snow cotton candy or whip cream.

I discovered, with the help of a friend, that my dream can come true.

Well, sort of.

Snow ice cream is a simple recipe that turns the stuff you shovel off your porch into something you'd want to shovel into your mouth.

According to About.com's Jean Brandau, some consider eating snow unsanitary, due to air pollution and other toxins. Those people will be missing out.

The recipe is child/college student friendly, and can sweeten any snowy day when you're stuck inside.

When starting the recipe, The Chatham Journal Weekly said you shouldn't use the first snow, because it contains more air pollutants. Also, don't use snow found in areas that have had a lot of animal activity because in this case, the little brown things might not be sprinkles.

After you've found good, clean snow, mix in the whipping cream, or other cream of your choice, with the sugar and vanilla, and then slowly stir in the snow.

From there, you can add in flavors or mix-ins of your choice. Chocolate syrup, sprinkles, cinnamon or chocolate chips are just a few ideas.

Then, eat it.

For edible snowballs, try adding sweetened condensed milk and shaping with your hands. They turn out so good you may actually want one to hit you in the face.

But snow ice cream of any variety doesn't keep well, so don't try and save any for later (one more excuse to eat the whole bowl).

Who says ice cream is for hot weather?